SCADA-Based Reliability Evaluation

Kelmarsh Wind Farm - 12.3 MW

Author

Jorge A. Thomas

Published

April 23, 2025

Kelmarsh Wind Farm

Project Overview

“Kelmarsh comprises six 2.05MW Senvion MM92 turbines. The Project was acquired from EON in December 2014 and was constructed in joint venture with Santander using balance sheet finance. Construction was completed in April 2016. It is now owned by Cubico Investments.”

(a) Kelmarsh Wind Farm

(b) Senvion MM92 turbine
Figure 1: Kelmarsh Wind Farm is located near Haselbach, Northamptonshire, UK.

Events Catalogue and Status

IEC category Stop Warning Informational Curtailment Communication
Requested Shutdown 77 0 0 0 0
None 21 2320 168 0 744
Out of Environmental Specification 93 0 90500 0 0
Scheduled Maintenance 818 0 0 0 0
Forced outage 892 403 0 0 0
Partial Performance 0 9 0 37 0
Full Performance 0 1461 227877 0 0
Technical Standby 3094 0 56248 0 0
Out of Electrical Specification 371 0 0 0 0
Note: Only "Forced outage" events with status "Stop" are considered for the evaluation, i.e., 892 events.

Reliability Parameters

Time / State Diagrams

Histogram of Failure Causes

Total

Per Wind Turbine

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